From: David Kennedy on 17 Apr 2010 14:55 eastender wrote: > In article<hqckes$rsf$1(a)pc-news.cogsci.ed.ac.uk>, > richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) wrote: > >> Apple seem to be getting nuttier every day. > > Also its censorship of the app store, with this ban for a prize winning > cartoonist: > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/15/mark_fiore_rejected_from_app_stor > e/ > > E. <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/16/apple_asks_fiore_to_resubmit/> -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com
From: Bruce Horrocks on 17 Apr 2010 15:06 On 17/04/2010 17:38, David Empson wrote: >> > Anyone with a Mid 2010 17" MacBook Pro care to confirm whether your >> > computer's serial number is 12 characters long, and if so, what >> > characters are in the third, fourth and fifth positions? (Alleged date >> > code, using an alphanumeric coding system.) > Sorry, off by one. Should be fourth, fifth and sixth positions if the > MacRumors article had the details right. > Off by one year as well. :-) -- Bruce Horrocks Surrey England (bruce at scorecrow dot com)
From: Conor on 17 Apr 2010 15:22 On 17/04/2010 16:34, Richard Tobin wrote: > Apple seem to be getting nuttier every day. Today a Mac Rumours > article describing a change in the format of Mac serial numbers > has been "Removed at Request of Apple". No reason is given. > > Perhaps they'll demand Google remove this posting from its archive... > > -- Richard Welcome to the dictatorship. -- Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.
From: eastender on 17 Apr 2010 15:22 In article <4aCdnVR8HbirmVfWnZ2dnUVZ8m1i4p2d(a)brightview.co.uk>, David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/16/apple_asks_fiore_to_resubmit Ah - but as the Reg says: 'We can only hope that Apple has learned a lesson about freedom of expression - but, to be frank, no breath is being held here at Vulture Central.' E.
From: Steve Firth on 17 Apr 2010 15:52
eastender <nospam(a)nospam.com> wrote: > In article <hqckes$rsf$1(a)pc-news.cogsci.ed.ac.uk>, > richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) wrote: > > > Apple seem to be getting nuttier every day. > > Also its censorship of the app store, with this ban for a prize winning > cartoonist: > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/15/mark_fiore_rejected_from_app_stor > e/ Except they didn't, in the end, ban his work. |